“Did she know Jesus? If not, why not?”
And I took the little book out of the angel’s hand, and ate it up; and it was in my mouth sweet as honey; and as soon as I had eaten it, my belly was bitter. ~ Revelation 10:10
(10:10) The word of God is “sweeter than honey” to the believer (Psa. 19:10, 119:103) because it nourishes him as a natural sweetener, it tastes good, it will kill all bacteria, it will open his spiritual eyes (1 Sam. 14:27-29), and it is a healing medicine (Pro. 16:24). It is “bitter” in that, once digested, it separates you from many friends and relatives, it makes you look like a fool often in the eyes of the world, it compels you to go “cross grain” to the age in which you live (the social milieu), and it brings you a “cross” with it. ~ The Ruckman Reference Bible
On Wednesday the News 12 story of the angel pictured above tragically struck down by a car and killed this week compelled me to raise the question above on the reporter’s FB page…which in turn prompted one commenter to post, “What does that mean?” And yet another, “wtfffff”, and my answer: It means that we as a society have failed our children. Our public education system since the late 1800’s has devolved into a grim reaper/pied piper leading them away from God…WE NEED TO WAKE UP! We are the #1 consumer of child porn in the world! 2 Chronicles 7:14! That’s what that means. In hindsight, I believe it was my learning of the tragic death just the day before of a beloved brother from our local church community, Nick Van Hague, who was crushed by the truck he was working on when it collapsed on top of him. The bitterness of losing any friend or family member, can only be quenched by the sweetness of His Blessed Assurance in knowing they are saved. We are blessed with this assurance where Nick is concerned, but my heart breaks every weekday morning as I watch the yellow school buses take them away. That was my Wednesday morning. The enemy had two more punches waiting…
The first one landed of the 4pm Black Robe Regiment Pastors’ Huddle with pro-life warrior Randall Terry describing today’s cowardly/indifferent/apathetic churches (Listen/watch HERE), followed that same evening by cowardly/indifferent/apathetic veterans marinating in their local VFW beer trough, rejecting the notion of defending the Constitution via the 1A Right to Petition; “We don’t allow anything political.” Which begs the question, “When did church leaders and veterans become political cowards in America?
A just weight and balance are the LORD’S: all the weights of the bag are his work. ~ Proverbs 16:11
I see how pride destroys men which brings down families which weakens communities and destroys nations. But I also see how the modern church has hollowed out men to become impotent hyper-grace, hyper-humbled caricatures that remind me of Garth and Wayne dropping to their knees before Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith in the movie Wayne’s World crying, “We’re not worthy! We’re not worthy!” When in fact we are the worthiest of all men by our inheritance in the Word of God, the Blood of the Lamb, and the power of the Holy Spirit. But in us! God loves a balance. And with so few women, if any, seeking unworthy men, they take the easy way, through the wide gate, straight into the addiction of pornography. And history tells us that men who stand for nothing fall for everything:
From the spirit of Satan: “We can see what can be, unburdened by what has been.” ~ Kamala Harris…a Marxist incantation…a spell!
On the other hand…
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the forward mouth, do I hate. ~ Proverbs 8:13
Reify, the word of the day that caught my eye this week. To make something abstract more concrete…from Close Encounters to Stepford Wives, isn’t it about time? Aren’t we more than ready to reify those things which need reification in our lives?
To my angry brothers and those sisters with Sarah Young’s artificially sweetened book, Jesus Calling, on their nightstands and no Bible in their homes; there are only two spirits in this world, the Holy Spirit of God, and the spirit of Satan, the father of lies…what would you like to bet that both Kamala and Oprah have Jesus Calling on their nightstands too? Peter Ruckman is dead on. Rev. 10:10 is our true lifeline; nourishment, natural sweetener, healer and immune booster, opening our eyes to the supernatural, lifting us out of the superficial mosh pit of the flesh Satan NEEDS us mired in! Reify, Edify, and Sanctify yourselves, your families, your communities, with the Word of God, Sword of the Spirit {Ephesians 6:17}, for the children!
Standupnsing 
Great work brother. If the Word isn’t honey in a Believer’s life we’re called to examine ourselves to see if we’re in the faith. If it’s bitter pray that it will become honey.
Found this on fear and cowardice. Pray for men to have their Mt Transfiguration experience like James, John and Peter.
Types of Cowardice
The Bible also warns against different forms of cowardice:
Overcoming Cowardice
The Bible encourages believers to trust in God and His promises, rather than succumbing to fear and cowardice. As we focus on our relationship with Him and His character, we will develop the courage to stand firm in our faith, even in the face of trials.
Great and nutritional supplement brother Woody. Praise God!!
Only one of two spirits drive a human engine: the Holy Spirit of faith, or a demonic spirit of fear. The former leads to life; the latter to death--the second death!
So true brother!
Good morning, and God bless you, Pastor Chip!
We come to know men and women by many standards and characteristics. It is easy to “know” the character of a slob, who wastes his life drinking and overeating, who watches depraved content on the internet and who lives in filth. We know the character of a woman who dresses immodestly and who spends her money on makeup and other vanities. We can also know the character of men and women who live modestly and who fulfill their duties to God, family and country. We are given the unerring rule to assess the character of people by Christ himself: “…judge a tree by the fruit it bears.”
Looking around our world today we Christians are witnesses to the fruits of the devil: state-sponsored, church-sanctioned depravity, lawlessness and mass murder…Yes, the mass murder of the unborn, and now, the just-born. We are witnesses to the sins of Sodom and Gomorrah, codified into that which is legal, praised by the political and media elite.
So what can we do, as Christians? We fight, and we fight, and we fight, in the “…shadow of the Almighty…” in the company of the angelic host, with the assurances of the promises of God and Jesus Christ. We need to believe ABSOLUTELY the words of Christ when he last addressed the apostles in the gospel of Matthew: “All authority has been given to me in heaven and earth…” Has his AUTHORITY vanished? I say with all my heart and soul: NO! That AUTHORITY has not been ACTED UPON by the followers of Christ. With absolute belief that Christ has the POWER OF THE FATHER, OUR ALMIGHTY GOD, we can command. Again, we can COMMAND these evil forces which have consumed America and the formerly Christian western world.
I know this, that absolute faith is the core of miracles, of victory after victory in our fight against the work of the devil. Christ came to destroy the work of the devil and as Christians, we do not, in any way, tolerate the work of the devil…Whether we are “churchmen” or veterans slopping up their beet in vets’ halls.
When Christians start to believe they start to fight, and they fight on to the victory of their Lord, Jesus Christ.
God bless all, keep fighting.
Eric M